Sinatra-style vocalist Jonathan Poretz at Pearl's

~~~~~~~Good news! Pearl's isn't closing after all. Owner Kim Nalley has been rescued by some jazz lovers who agreed to pick up the rent.~~~~~~~~~~

Swinging singer Jonathan Poretz's new CD, A Lot of Livin' to Do, is a celebration of the style and spirit of Frank Sinatra and the grand Rat Pack days, but one of the great strengths of Poretz as an artist is his ability to so ably take that spirit and make it his own.

Here are the cuts which he'll be reprising that night:

1. A Lot of Livin' To Do
 2. My Time Of Day / I've Never Been In Love Before
 3. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
 4. Come Rain Or Come Shine
 5. How Insensitive
 6. I'll Remember April
 7. It Never Entered My Mind
 8. This Time The Dream's On Me
 9. On The Street Where You Live
10. I See Your Face Before Me
11. Just One Of Those Things

As Dan McClenaghan of All About Jazz said in his review of Poretz's new CD, "With a delivery that is closer to that of another Sinatra-influenced singer, Bobby Darin, Poretz comes across silky, swinging and cool as hell, sort of a cross between Darin and Mel Torme."

Backing Poretz at his Pearl's performance will be a great band featuring Noel Jewkes on sax, Lee Bloom on piano, Jeff Neighbor on bass and Vince Lateano on drums.

"Man, can this guy Poretz scat, loose and insouciant--a bit of a lost art, it sometimes seems, in the male vocalist field." - Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz

Jonathan Poretz has always been comfortable performing his own special stylings of the great American jazz standards. Poretz brings an electric energy to any stage he's on, a talent he's been cultivating since his early teens, when he sang professionally in bands that featured jazz greats like Charlie Shavers, Chuck Wayne and Joe Puma in his home town of New York City.

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